HIs coming up with hare brained schemes that are anti-business. This, for all practical purposes, is an anti-business (i.e. airline industry) idea. He wants to restrict business from operating under the free enterprise system and, basically, regulate where they fly to LAX from. David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: Matthew Sheren <matthew.sheren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Please explain how Villaraigosa being liberal has anything to do with > this idea. > Matthew :) > > Quoting David R : > > > Leave it to a liberal politician to think up something stupid like this! > > Domestic flights are needed in order to get the passengers for the > > international flights. LA is a big city but a lot of the international > > passengers are only using LAX for connecting flights, not as a origin or > > destination. > > > > You decrease short haul flights to LAX and more people will drive to LAX, > > thus increasing road traffic. > > > > The key to LAX is to grow the airport, not reduce flights. Another option, > > one that wasn't mentioned, is to have a high speed rail system from the > > other airports such as PMD or ONT to LAX that does NOT stop in between. > > However, the cost for this would probably be more than the cost of expanding > > LAX. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday outlined his vision > > for the region's air traffic system, calling for airlines to > > concentrate international flights at LAX while shifting some new > > domestic travel, particularly short-haul flights, to other airports. > > --- End forwarded message --- > >